Basic Indonesian Language Editing Training for Student Wall Magazine Staff at SMK Muhammadiyah Kuningan

Abstract

The ability to edit one's own writing, covering spelling, punctuation, diction, and sentence structure, is a basic skill that matters for students, particularly wall-magazine (mading) staff whose writing will be read by the wider school community. Various studies show that spelling and punctuation errors are still commonly found in the writing of junior and senior high school students, and errors left uncorrected in secondary school tend to carry over into higher levels of academic writing. This community service activity aimed to train basic Indonesian language editing skills among wall-magazine staff at SMK Muhammadiyah Kuningan, a vocational high school in Kuningan Regency, covering spelling, punctuation, diction, and sentence structure. The activity was carried out in five stages: preparation and collection of wall-magazine manuscripts, delivery of editing-rule material, group editing practice, individual mentoring, and evaluation. Success was measured by students' participation throughout the activity, the reduction in the number of errors in the final edited manuscripts compared to the initial ones, and students' understanding of the editing guidelines provided. All stages were completed as planned; this report is descriptive and presents no quantitative data. This activity is expected to improve the quality of school wall-magazine writing and equip students with the habit of editing their own writing independently and continuously.